Are you a developer who uses npm as the package manager for your JavaScript or Node.js code? If so, do not -- I repeat do not -- upgrade to npm 5.7.0. Nothing good can come of it. As one user reported ...

A malicious package in the Node Package Manager index uses invisible Unicode characters to hide malicious code and Google Calendar links to host the URL for the command-and-control location. The ...

Two malicious packages were discovered on npm (Node package manager) that covertly patch legitimate, locally installed packages to inject a persistent reverse shell backdoor. This way, even if the ...

Having another security threat emanating from Node.js’ Node Package Manager (NPM) feels like a weekly event at this point, but this newly discovered one is among the more refined. It exploits not only ...

Since 2017, hackers have been able to mimic legitimate packages on Node Package Manager (npm) by simply removing the capital letters in their titles. According to newly published research from ...

Researchers continue to investigate a wave of malicious npm packages, with the published tally now reaching over 700. Last week, JFrog researchers disclosed the scheme in which an unknown threat actor ...

Cybercriminals hacked 18 NPM packages of a well-known developer to conceal malware. The breach affected several leading blockchains. Crypto users area take extreme caution. The recent attack on the ...

Developers adept at multiple coding languages are tricked into installing a familiar-sounding package from within the Node Package Manager registry instead of the original source. Hackers are abusing ...